SIMBOL-X : a new generation hard X-ray telescope

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2003-09-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0309424v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 16 fig., Proc. SPIE conf. 5168, San Diego, Aug. 2003

Scientific paper

10.1117/12.521998

SIMBOL-X is a hard X-ray mission, operating in the 0.5-70 keV range, which is proposed by a consortium of European laboratories for a launch around 2010. Relying on two spacecraft in a formation flying configuration, SIMBOL-X uses a 30 m focal length X-ray mirror to achieve an unprecedented angular resolution (30 arcsec HEW) and sensitivity (100 times better than INTEGRAL below 50 keV) in the hard X-ray range. SIMBOL-X will allow to elucidate fundamental questions in high energy astrophysics, such as the physics of accretion onto Black Holes, of acceleration in quasar jets and in supernovae remnants, or the nature of the hard X-ray diffuse emission. The scientific objectives and the baseline concepts of the mission and hardware design are presented.

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